A case of serial homicide by injection of succinylcholine

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Maeda, H ^a   Fujita, M Q ^a   Zhu, B L ^a   Ishidam, K ^a   Oritani, S ^a   Tsuchihashi, H ^b   Nishikawa, M ^b   Izumi, M ^b   Matsumoto, F ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chuo ward   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; POISONING; PULMONARY EDEMA; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 0034167273     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000215     Document Type: Article

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